The wifi (orange) light only comes on (flickers) when data is being exchanged with your router .. so until you set up a wireless connection it won't light up.

Can I suggest you first shut down the AA1, then whilst turned off remove the battery AND the power lead .. now press the on/off button to discharge any remaining charge in the motherboard .. now reconnect the battery and power lead and boot Peppermint.

At NO time mess with the wireless switch on the front of the AA1.

When booted, right-click the NetworkManager icon by the clock (may look like 2 cables Plugged together) .. is there an option to "Enable Wireless" .. and is it ticked ?

I have now got all my connections back as normal so that is fantastic.

just 1 other question for you if that's ok.

I have now completed the install of peppermint three and it is great far better than the old syatem I was running. The only bit i can't get to do is the power saving option that will give the bolt looking icon on the bottom bar to increase the battery life etc any ideas? and do I need any other software to get word/excel etc and also any anti virus software not sure if and what I need I currently have Avast on my home computer.

Word and Excel are Microsoft applications so won't run on Linux .. but if you followed the tutorial, you should have LibreOffice "Writer" and "Calc" installed .. they can read/write Word/Excel documents.

LibreOffice Writer and Calc are more up to date versions of the OpenOffice Writer and Calc that came with Linpus Lite .. but with better Microsoft Office compatibility

This is Linux, not Windows .. no need for antivirus/antimalware software

What problem did you have with the Jupiter power manager instructions ?

Registered to express my thanks to Mark for his excellent tutorial. Just finished the transformation of my AA1 from Linpus to Peppermint3 following the instructions, great result.Battery removal solved my wireless problems For information to others, my Intenso 8GB USB stick would not work with any combination of formatting or USB creator (USB FDD problem).Changed to a Dane Elec 2GB and worked first time with LinuxLive USB Creator.This may inspire me to put Ubuntu server on another spare laptop and have a go at setting up a webserver Once again Mark, thanks for an excellent tutorial.

I wouldn't go with the "Server" edition of Ubuntu, unless you're comfortable with the Linux command line .. the server edition has no GUI desktop environment.

I would disagree on this one. Running a webserver (once set up) would just chug along, without further intervention.Just set up ssh and install Webmin and away you go with managing it remotely in your browser of choice (in a GUI environment)